The Promise of Vertical Cities
At 200 storeys and more than 975 meters (3,200 feet), the Nakheel Tower would have easily exceeded the neck-craning 828-meter (2,716 feet, six inches) Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building,...
MC Homes
Based in Paducah, Kentucky, MC Homes is a design-build construction firm offering avant garde interior design, furnishing, and custom millwork divisions that delight even the most discerning...
GGLO
America was a very different place when integrated design firm GGLO was founded in 1986. Shopping malls were the heart of many cities. Anchored by major department stores like JCPenney and Macy’s,...
Bioregional Architecture and Design
Bioregional architecture is growing in popularity. As one of construction’s latest buzzwords, in its simplest sense the discipline refers to how humans have constructed shelters since time...
Natare Pools
For over 60 years, Natare Pools has made a name for itself as a vital part of the American swim industry. Today, the company is known as a major commercial pool and commercial systems manufacturer,...
Cutter Construction
Cutter Construction Inc. has been fostering relationships, trust, and dreams with clients in Kentucky and the greater Cincinnati community for more than 40 years, handling projects both large and...
Glenaden Homes
From custom home builds to whole home renovations and major home additions, Toronto, Ontario’s Glenaden Homes approaches each project with integrity, intention, and open communication, meticulously...
ASSA ABLOY Direct Business – Canada
In an era where automation and smart logistics are reshaping industries, many loading dock service providers still remain rooted in the 20th century. The foundation for today’s ASSA ABLOY Direct...
Adams Group
For more than 46 years, Adams Group has grown from a small, family-run cabinet shop into one of the Southeast’s leading manufacturers and installers of commercial casework, architectural millwork,...
BEC Austin
Some companies chase growth. BEC Austin, instead, has built its reputation one finished project and one satisfied owner at a time. Founded in Austin in 1971 by Bailey Elliott, the company...
A Historic Twist on Modern Construction
When construction accounts for 40 percent of global carbon emissions, sustainability can no longer be a “nice to have,” but rather a “must have” for construction projects, particularly if...
Geosource Energy
Imagine a world where values and approaches align, where people and the environment are prioritized through strategic investments in energy infrastructure and technology that improve building...
Universal Accessibility Considerations in Architecture
Accessibility is an inalienable human right. It enshrines agency and safeguards people of all abilities against exclusion, inequality, and dependence. With North America’s elder population...
Harrington & Associates
How Harrington & Associates has built its reputation by leading technically demanding projects through collaboration, constructability, and disciplined execution. As a construction management...
GM Equipment Rentals
GM Equipment Rentals has much to celebrate. Besides providing the best construction equipment sales, rentals, and maintenance in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Columbus, Ohio, and Grand Rapids, Michigan,...
STAR, Inc.
There are many ways to measure business success, from customer attraction and retention to productivity and revenue growth, yet one of the most important is how a company treats its employees,...
How Technology Is Enhancing the Backyards of Today
As another summer season promises hot weather and lots of sunlight, it’s important for many of today’s homeowners to have their favourite outdoor spot be one that’s closer to home—in fact, to have...
Building up Individuals and Communities
It is said that play is the work of the child, and so it must be that playgrounds and parks are some of the foremost places where this critical work can take place, particularly when safety,...
Erland Construction
When Sean McDonald describes Erland Construction, the company his grandfather, an Air Force veteran, and his father helped build, and which he now leads as President, the language he reaches for is...
RAWSO Constructors
Heavy civil contracting is an unforgiving business. Margins are tight, weather and soil conditions can derail a schedule overnight, and the work itself—moving earth and preparing sites for...
How Living Systems Theory Can Make Buildings Healthier and Livelier
As global awareness of health and wellness grows, the way we adapt our construction and occupancy of buildings can support societal evolution, positively impacting the planet and enhancing the...
Combating the Urban Heat Island Effect with Smarter Urban Infrastructure
In January this year, YunJae Ock and Vivek Shandas reported that nearly 73 percent of U.S. cities are losing their foliage—and paying the price for it in significantly increased temperatures that...
Skyline Scaffold
Scaffolding plays an essential role in the construction industry and can make the difference between life and death for the workers who rely upon it. Skyline Scaffold Ltd. of Delta, British...
ACDF Architecture
For ACDF Architecture, growth is not defined by scale alone; it is measured through precision and the ability to deliver architecture that responds intelligently to both constraints and opportunity....
Cushing Terrell
Cushing Terrell is a multi-disciplinary design firm with 17 offices across the United States that unite to bring deep understanding and visionary perspective to the projects and the relationships it...
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC)
Since its founding in 1907, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) has served as the national voice for architecture. Over more than a century, that mandate has evolved alongside the...
Chamberlain Group of Companies
The Canadian hospitality market is shifting, and with more Canadians travelling locally, hospitality leaders are turning to Chamberlain Group of Companies for a more strategic and integrated...
KDR Homes
If anyone seemed destined to become a homebuilder, it was Diego Vassallo. Beginning his career as a journeyman carpenter, Vassallo combined hands-on experience with formal education, working in the...
Outcape Building Envelope Solutions
For more than half a century, Atlantic Roofers has been a cornerstone of the construction landscape across Atlantic Canada. What began as a small, locally rooted roofing company has evolved into one...
Enercept
Contrary to common construction beliefs, it doesn’t have to be difficult, expensive, or time-consuming to build high-quality, energy-efficient structures. In fact, Enercept’s custom structural...
Balanced Environments, LLC
Offering a full range of landscaping services from five branch locations across northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin, and northwest Indiana, Balanced Environments, LLC is one of the region’s...
Building for Modern Industry
Not all buildings are created equal, and neither are the construction companies behind them. Firms responsible for single-family homes, retail stores, restaurants, garages, and other smaller...
The Modern Basement
Extra people coming over for dinner? Better head downstairs to the storage room to grab those extra chairs and maybe that bottle of wine from the rack in the corner. In fact, beyond storage and...
Precise Custom Homes
For many construction companies, the path from small renovation jobs to custom home building is gradual. For Precise Custom Homes (“Precise”), a Hamilton-based custom home builder, that path began...
Norse Log Homes
Once associated with the simple hand-hewn efforts of pioneers—and now often assumed to be beyond the average client’s price range—today’s log homes represent timeless, handcrafted beauty. Thanks to...
CD Specialty Contractors
In an industry where complexity is the norm and margins for error are razor-thin, CD Specialty Contractors is steadily establishing itself as a trusted partner for some of the most demanding...
RK Electric
RK Electric began 41 years ago as a small electrical company specializing in light industrial and technology work around California’s Silicon Valley region in the mid-1980s. The company initially...
MCR Oil Tools
Looking back on his career, Michael Robertson reflects on the challenges that led to his success in the oil and gas sector. Chief Executive Officer of Arlington, Texas-based MCR Oil Tools,...
River Supply Inc.
Since its founding in 2013, River Supply Inc. has steadily carved out a niche within the architectural construction sector, specializing in high-performance exterior façade systems. Under the...
Lumber, the Original Green Building Solution
Long before the push for green construction was formalized, green construction principles and materials played a significant role. Lumber, for example, has historically been prized by construction...
Building a Construction Family Legacy
Building a construction company is one thing, but establishing a family legacy that spans generations needs more than wishful thinking. It’s about maintaining a reputation for quality,...
Starnet Commercial Flooring Partnership
With regulatory complexity and corporate red tape demanding increasing amounts of time and effort to navigate, flooring experts and industry suppliers across North America have identified the power...
Park View Homes
As an ENERGY STAR® builder, Park View Homes creates houses that are not only beautifully designed, highly functional, and crafted for everyday living, but are also engineered to be comfortable...
Ridgeview Homes
Ridgeview Homes of Kitchener, Ontario has built a reputation for delivering thoughtfully designed homes and an exceptional homeowner experience. As a builder serving the Tri-City region, the company...
Quantum Passivhaus
Founded on the belief that the building of a sustainable dwelling should be quick, inexpensive, and accessible to all, Quantum Passivhaus produces certified Passive House panels that reduce energy...
Canadian Home Builders’ Association (CHBA)
Construction in Focus recently sat down with Kevin Lee, long-time Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association (CHBA), to talk about Canada’s housing crunch, what’s stopping...
Bercum Builders
Creating high-quality homes with skill and integrity has been the bedrock of Bercum Builders’ successful 40-year business. Founded in 1983 in British Columbia’s beautiful Okanagan Valley, this...
Extreme Kitchens and Extreme Homes
In construction, progress is often measured in production capacity and project timelines. But for Stephane Verdon, President of Extreme Homes and CEO of Extreme Kitchens, progress is just as deeply...
Stratton Homes
When Kyle Newman talks about building homes, he rarely starts with square footage or finishes. Instead, he talks about legacy and time—about responsibility to families, communities, and the land...
Norseman Construction
For more than two decades, Kristofer Potts has approached construction with a mindset that blends hands-on experience with technological curiosity. As the CEO of Norseman Construction, Potts has...
Menard Canada
Known today as part of the western arm of a larger global construction company, Menard Canada is truly homegrown. The business behind Menard Canada, originally known as Geopac, was founded in 1971...
Sherriff Goslin Roofing
Sherriff Goslin Roofing marked its 120th anniversary this year, a tremendous milestone for the Battle Creek, Michigan-based firm that prides itself on craftsmanship, integrity, and family values....
Stasi Brothers
When it comes to asphalt and paving contractors, it is not uncommon to discover that companies often develop their business strategy only to leave it in cut-and-paste mode for much of their time in...
Bloomsdale Excavating
When Marvin Drury founded Bloomsdale Excavating 80 years ago, he created a legacy that endures to this day. Returning home after the Second World War, the young Marvin was eager to launch his own...
CPS Wood Products
Regarded as a pioneer and a green leader in providing wooden pallets and crates for a variety of shipping needs, CPS Wood Products serves both Canada and the United States, producing high-quality...
RawMaxx
RawMaxx Trailers, based in Las Cruces, New Mexico and Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, Mexico, manufactures top-of-the-line steel-built trailers and ancillary products. The company’s dump, gooseneck, utility,...
CSM Group
Like most successful organizations, Michigan-based project management specialist CSM Group has shown it can evolve and adapt to the largest of economic ebbs and flows, while remaining competitive in...
Cornerstone Timberframes
With more than 30 years of expertise in well crafted and beautiful timber frame landscape structures, homes, cottages, and commercial buildings, Cornerstone Timberframes, a second-generation...
Shannon Construction
Evolving from a small interior home contracting business established by a Swedish immigrant in 1927 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Shannon Construction has grown into a leading construction management...
Blueline Contracting
Perched on a steep Whistler cliffside, an A-frame home juts dramatically into open air, suspended by an intricate feat of engineering that allows residents to stand on the deck and gaze more than...